Cassidinidea andamanensis sp. nov., a new species of intertidal Sphaeromatidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Andaman Islands, northern Indian Ocean.

Cassidinidea andamanensis sp. nov. was collected from intertidal habitats on the coast of South Andaman, Andaman Islands, India and is described and illustrated in detail. Cassidinidea andamanensis sp. nov. the second definitive record of the genus from India, is characterized by: smooth body surface, prominently convex epistome anterior margin, pleotelson dorsal smooth surface and the posterior margin is subtruncate and weakly convex with small setae, the appendix masculina posterior margin is narrowly rounded.